Continuous Improvement Manager - Atlanta, United States - DSJ Global

Description

DSJ Global is partnered with a leading food and beverage manufacturing company in South Carolina. They are seeking a skilled Continuous Improvement Manager to uphold their commitment to excellence. The person in this role will primarily be responsible for managing their shift and the plants continuous improvement teams. In addition, the person in this role will be the change agent of the leadership team, with the ability to see and understand the corporate CI vision and lead the organization toward it.

Position: Continuous Improvement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Solve complex problems to root cause through formal methodology application and coach/train others to do the same.
• Act as an internal consultant by leading and defining continuous improvement activities.
• Champion loss elimination through capability building and on the floor experiences.
• Work closely with all functions to achieve lowest possible down time and efficient use of plant and equipment.
• Apply analysis to improve process control and capability.
• Partner with process owners to deliver sustainable and repeatable change.
• Develop and prepare metrics and related reports.
• Develop standardized work and implement at all levels of the organization.
• Coordinate with external resources to improve current CI systems.
• Identify and leverage best practices across the organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from four-year accredited college or university
• 4+ years of experience in production management or supervision, preferably in the food processing industry.
• Demonstrated successful performance in positions of increasing responsibility within Manufacturing/Operations (preferred previous Operations and CI experience)
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated coaching effectiveness & ability to inspire change.
• Ability to work a varied schedule.